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1、大学英语（统考）在线练习题5(客观题)试卷总分:100 得分:100 一、 阅读理解 (共 4 道试题,共 40 分)1. If we were asked exactly what we were doing a year ago, we should probably have to say that we could not remember. But if we had kept a book and had written in it and account of what we did each day, we should be able to give an answer to
2、 the question. It is the same in history. Many things have been forgotten because we do not have any written account of them. Sometimes men did keep a record of the most important happenings in their country, but often it was destroyed by fire or in a war. Sometimes there was never any written recor
3、d at all because the people of that time and place did not know how to write. For example, we know a good deal about the people who lived in China 4,000 years ago, because they could write and leave written records for those who lived after them. But we know almost nothing about the people who lived
4、 even 200 years ago in central Africa, because they had not learned to write. Sometimes, of course, even if the people cannot write, they may know something of the past. They have heard about it from older people, and often songs and dances and stories have been made about the most important happeni
5、ngs, and these have been sung and acted and told for many generations. For most people are proud to tell what their fathers did in the past. This we may call “remembered history”. Some of it has now been written down. It is not so exact or so valuable to us as written history is, because words are m
6、uch more easily changed when used again and again in speech than when copied in writing. But where there are no written records, such spoken stories are often very helpful. 1). Which of the following ideas is not suggested in the passage?A. “Remembered history”, compared with written history, is les
7、s reliable. B. Written records of the past play the most important role in our learning of the human history. C. A written account of our daily activities helps us to be able to answer many questions. D. Where there are no written records, there is no history. 满分：2 分2). We know very little about the
8、 central Africa 200 years ago because _.A. there was nothing worth being written down at that timeB. the people there ignored the importance of keeping a recordC. the written records were perhaps destroyed by a fireD. the people there did not know how to write 满分：2 分3). “Remembered history” refers t
9、o _. A. history based on a persons imaginationB. stories of important happenings passed down from mouth to mouthC. songs and dances about the most important eventsD. both B and C 满分：2 分4). “Remembered history” is regarded as valuable only when _. A. it is written down B. no written account is availa
10、bleC. it proves to be true D. people are interested in it 满分：2 分5). The passage suggests that we could have learned much more about our past than we do now if the ancient people had _. A. kept a written record of every past eventB. not burnt their written records in warsC. told exact stories of the
11、most important happeningsD. made more songs and dances 满分：2 分正确答案:1).D2).D3).D4).B5).A2. April Fools Day is traditionally a day to play practical jokes on others, send people on fools errands（差事）, and fool the unsuspecting. No one knows how this holiday began but it was thought to have originated in
12、 France. The closest point in time that can be identified as the beginning of this tradition was in 1582, in France. New Year was celebrated on March 25 and celebrations lasted until April 1st. When New Years Day as changed from March 25 to January 1st in the mid-1560s by King Charles IX, there were
13、 some people who still celebrated it on April 1st and those people were called April Fools.Tricks performed on April Fools Day range from the simple to the elaborate. Setting a roommates alarm clock back an hour is common. The news media even gets involved. For instance, a British short film once sh
14、own on April Fools Day was a fairly detailed documentary about “spaghetti farmers” and how they harvest their crop from the spaghetti trees. Whatever the prank, the trickster usually ends it by yelling to his victim, “April Fool!” April Fools Day is a “for-fun-only” observance. Nobody is expected to
15、 buy gifts or to take their “significant other” out to eat in a fancy restaurant. Nobody gets off work or school. Its simply a fun little holiday, but a holiday on which one must remain forever vigilant（警惕的）, for he may be the next April Fool! Each country celebrates April Fools differently. In France, the April Fools is called “April Fish”. The French fool their friends by taping a paper fish to their friends backs. In England, tricks can be played only in the morning. If a trick is played on you, you are a “noodle”. 1). April Fools Day was first celebrated in_.A. England B. America C
